Brief Life History of Richard Croxton
When Richard Croxton Carter was born in 1490, in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, his father, Sir John William Nicholas de Carter, was 15 and his mother, Alice Ann Croxton, was 28. He married Lady Joan Elizabeth Bourchier in 1525, in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 29 September 1558, in his hometown, at the age of 68, and was buried in London St Dionis Backchurch, Middlesex, England.
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- Richard Croxton Carter, "Find A Grave Index"
- Death and grave information
- Sir Richard Carter in the UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-
Spouse and Children
1490–1558 Male
1499–1532 Female
Children (9)
1515–1557 Male
1516– Male
1523–1557 Female
1526–1566 Male
1528–1589 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1475–1521 Male
1462–1525 Female
Siblings (11)
1490–1558 Male
1492–1552 Male
1495–1544 Male
1495–1558 Male
1497–1558 Male
+6 More Children
World Events (2)
1549 · Book of Common Prayer
Age 59
1558 · Act of Uniformity
Age 68
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a transporter of goods, from Middle English carter(e) ‘carter’ (Anglo-Norman French car(e)tier, Old French charetier, medieval Latin carettarius, carettator). The Old French word coalesced with the earlier Middle English word cart(e) ‘cart’, which is from either Old Norse kartr or Old English cræt, both of which, like the Late Latin word, were probably derived from Celtic. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Irish: shortened form of McCarter .
Americanized form of German Karter ‘carder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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